The vaccine candidate Quimi-Vio, produced by the Finlay Vaccine Institute (IFV) for the treatment of pneumonia, meningitis, otitis and sepsis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae or pneumococcus, entered clinical trials in Havana with children suffering from chronic diseases.

A greater number of patients with rheumatoid arthritis throughout the country are benefiting nowadays from the immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory effects of the drug Jusvinza, which is in phase III of its clinical trial.

Renowned Latin American specialists are attending the 1st International Congress Odonto-Santiago 2023, held in the city of Santiago de Cuba and intended to enrich the culture of oral health and spread the existing knowledge about this field.

Pledged to maintain the excellence of university education, health workers in eastern Cuba attended a cultural gala to celebrate Latin American Dentistry Day and the 60th anniversary of the Stomatology School of the city of Santiago de Cuba.

During the 60th session of the PAHO Directing Council in Washington, U.S.A., Cuban Minister of Public Health José Ángel Portal and PAHO director Jarbas Barbosa da Silva signed the Country Cooperation Strategy to carry out joint work in the next five years (2023-2027).

Presided over by the Cuban Head of State Miguel Díaz-Canel, the weekly meeting of government leaders with health care scientists reviewed the results of interferon use in the COVID-19 Action Protocol and highlighted the capacity of Cuban science and health system to resort to provenly effective products such as interferons to prevent and fight new diseases.

Jose Angel Portal Miranda, Minister of Public Health, congratulated Dr. Alfredo Espinosa Brito, from Cienfuegos(central Cuba), on receiving the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Award for Management and Leadership in Health Services in 2023.

Cuban Health Minister Jose Angel Portal Miranda ratified his country’s commitment to join efforts to provide universal health to the peoples of the Americas.

Cuban Health Minister Jose Angel Portal Miranda is taking part at the 60th Directing Council of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) underway till Friday in Washington, The United States. https://t.ly/Ao-jT

José Angel Portal Miranda, Cuban health minister, ratified today at the High-Level Meeting on Tuberculosis, Cuba's commitment in the fight against this disease, which represents a crucial challenge for developing countries.

Specialists in Angiology and Vascular Surgery in Cuba have their forum for debate and exchange experiences starting today in Ciego de Avila, where the 3rd Scientific Conference of this specialty, which is in charge of diagnosing and treating diseases of the circulatory system, began.

On Thursday, Dr. Jose Angel Portal Miranda, Cuban public health minister, spoke at the high-level segment on "Universal Health Coverage" held in New York, in the context of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Cuba’s Minister of Public Health José Ángel Portal highlighted the cooperation and solidarity that unite Cuban and U.S. scientists for the benefit of human life.

Members of the chapter of the Cuban Academy of Sciences (ACC) in the provinces of Camaguey and Ciego de Avila, which will be registered on September 21 by the International Association of Academies of Sciences during an official ceremony in Belarus, are fulfilling a tight program of scientific exchanges in that country.